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IMC 2004

International Mathematics Competition for University Students 2004.

Official paper

The official paper in 2 languages

English (day1) · English (day2)

Other problems

Problem 7

Let AA be a real 4×24\times 2 matrix and BB be a real 2×42\times 4 matrix such that AB=(10−10010−1−10100−101).AB = \left(% \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & -1 & 0 0 & 1 & 0 & -1 -1 & 0 & 1 & 0 0 & -1 & 0 & 1 \end{array}% \right). Find BABA .

Problem 9

Let DD be the closed unit disk in the plane, and let z1,z2,…,znz_1,z_2,\ldots,z_n be fixed points in DD . Prove that there exists a point zz in DD such that the sum of the distances from zz to each of the nn points is greater or equal than nn .